Because it needs to be done (which in this case means, because Keith did it and that automatically makes it good and worthwhile)… Stolen ruthlessly, here is The Utterly Utterly Accurate And Definitive 21st Century Doctor Who Tiered Rankings, as decided upon by me because my opinion is the only one that matters. :p TheContinue reading “On Whovian Rankings”
On an Upcoming Autographing
I’m pleased to announce that on Saturday, July 7th, I will be autographing copies of the just-released Star Trek: Corps of Engineers book, Grand Designs at the Borders Express at Exton Square Mall in Exton, Pennsylvania from 1 to 3 in the afternoon. Copies of both Grand Designs and last fall’s StarTrek anthology Constellations willContinue reading “On an Upcoming Autographing”
On “The Sound of Drums”
Oh. My. God. Oh. My. God. Holy. Fuck. The penultimate episode of Doctor Who‘s third season isn’t perfect. But Holy! Fuck! Three years and two series have been building toward this. You can tell. It started last week, as the threads pulled closer. This week? All bets are off. The sound of drums? It’s theContinue reading “On “The Sound of Drums””
On a Round-Up of My Day
I had a migraine today. Lodged, as they do, right about the left eye. The thing that made this migraine particularly nasty? I was sure my vision was dimming, if I were going completely blind, in that left eye. No, I’d close my right eyelids and I could still see out of the left eye,Continue reading “On a Round-Up of My Day”
On the Sam Adams Honey Porter
Saturday afternoon I had to go out to the grocery store–nothing puts a crimp in the rest of the day like a lack of breakfast cereal. (For those keeping score at home, I generally prefer Peanut Butter Cap’N Crunch or Cookie Crisp.) So, I drove to Eldersburg and went to the store. While I wasContinue reading “On the Sam Adams Honey Porter”
On MPAA Ratings
According to the Motion Picture Association of America, this blog is: Not really a surprise. 😉
On a Whole Lotta Beatles
This may be excessive. I have twenty-seven hours of the Beatles on my computer’s hard drive. Twenty-seven hours. That’s more than a day! A day of Beatles! And then some! The thirteen albums they released between Please Please Me and Let It Be, plus the assorted singles, only total twelve hours. The albums of theContinue reading “On a Whole Lotta Beatles”
On Britain’s Parliamentary Elections
Election time in the UK. One Prime Minister is out. And now Parliamentary elections are on the horizon. I don’t have a horse in this race as I don’t live in Britain, but I do have to say. I like what Harold Saxon has to say. The man’s a visionary. He thinks outside the box.Continue reading “On Britain’s Parliamentary Elections”
On Losing Geek Cred
I should turn in my Doctor Who Geek Card. I’d forgotten that Graeme Harper was one of the pre-Hartnell Doctors in “Brain of Morbius.” Camfield, Philip Hinchcliffe, Robert Holmes–those are the easy ones. But Harper? I’m not worthy of being a Doctor Who Geek if I can forget that Graeme Harper was a cameo Doctor.Continue reading “On Losing Geek Cred”
On the Smell of Ink
New books have a distinctive smell. Paperbacks, especially. There’s the paper smell. Sometimes there’s little paper particles from when the paper’s cut. It’s an earthy smell. Then there’s the ink smell. It’s a tangy smell. Sharp. Even a little metallic. Then there’s the binding smell. Nothing smells like fresh glue. Yesterday was a great dayContinue reading “On the Smell of Ink”